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Army of Chinese Reformers
Caught In a Trap.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED KILLED.
Tong and Twenty-six Other Reform Lead
era Ecotl-Larl by Governor Chans
Chi Tunc Whose Soldier Snrmunded
Them Fought for Their Live.
Vancouver, B. C Dec. 20 Xew of
a terrible massacre of the reform
forces in China and the beheading of
27 of Its leaders was received here yes
terday In a cablegram by W. A. Cum
row. secretary of the Chinese Reform
association in America. The engage
ment took place in the province of
Peehlli, a jiopulous section of the
Yang Tse valley, in central China. It
resulted In the killing of 1.50U men and
the complete demoralization of the re
form forces. The battle Into which
the reformers were bronght by treach
ery occurred on Dec. IS. and the work
of the movement . has, as a conse
quence, been dropped in all that part
of the country. The Chinese here are
loud in their expressions of disap
proval of the condCct of the campaign
by their leaders. It appears from the
few details given in the cablegram re
ceived yesterday that Tong. the
reform leader, at the head of a badly
armed force of 12.0UO, paid a visit to
Chung Chi Tung, governor o.f the dis
trict, who. though an imitcrial officer,
was lielieved to 1k In sympathy with
the reform movement. Tong was in
vited to" the governor's palace and was
with his 12.lkM) men marched into the
city. They left ail their arms outside
the gates, taking the precaution only
to carry their loaded revolvers. There
were ". h H iniei-ial troops in the town,
but nothing was feared from them,
and a delay of a day took place in or
der that other reform leaders might
be sent for. and when the audience
with tie governor was finally ar
ranged there were 27 of the leading
followers of Kong Yn Wei admitted.
tt-i'i, Then a disagreement arose. The gov--rnor
had the leaders seized and taken
lftto.the court yard, where they were
beheaded, and. in the meantime, a
strict order had len sent to the Im
4 perial troops to descend upon a poorly
"r armed rabble of the reformers. The
few well drilled soldiers took the
country people completely by surprise
but nevertheless the latter pluckily
fought their way through and escaped.
They carried away their own wounded,
but left 1.500 dead on the field and
scattered In the streets of the city.
The cablegram says that the scene of
the butchery was frightful.
FRENCH SEIZE EXHIBITS.
Railway Puts "Embargo on Their Return
to the United States.
Faris, Dec. 20. Thirty cars, forming
-.Jart of the United States government
nJ'i.t at tue recent Paris exposition,
mu,!:e,1'Jr ,aul uuder embargo at
railroad company declin-
In to" " Vde,
der them pending pay-
of 5,710 francs.
Uavre f-ClruluarJr action, seriously
ibp -dX.ie departure of the United
dinary action, seriously
r...ied. Thenxlliary cruiser Prairie from
y among the por New York with the govern-
( The Bl;J"texbits, was made the subject
f a formal protest to the French gov-
', emment by United States Ambassadoi
Porter.
The company bases its claim on de
murrage charges on freight In the cars
when the goods were brought to the
v . exposition for installation.
' EVOVhce Agaiuwt Youtsey.
Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 2G. One of
the clerks In the sfate auditor's of
" : fioe. In searching the vault for old rec
7" ords. found a cartridge box containing
;"- T eight metal patched smokeless powder
' ' cartridges, 38-55. corresponding exact--.-".-;
ly to the bullet found In the hack-
lerry tree and which was believed to
have parsed through Senator's Goe
bel's body. The significance of the
discovery lies in the fact that Henry
Youtsey, convicted of participation in
the Goebel assassination In October,
was a clerk in the auditor's office at
the time of the assassination and had
access to the vault where the car
tridges were found and that George
Barnes, another clerk In the office,
testified that he saw Youtsey with a
box of cartridges.
Key West Talks With Havana.
Key West, Fla., Dec. 20. An inter
esting exj.eriment has Just been made
here. In "the presence of several
" prominent persons the officers of a
well known telephone company con
nected the wires here and at Havana
- with the gulf cable between the two
cities. For a few minutes a roaring
. i noise prevented any communication,
'i . f but finally this subsided and the offl
- cials heard from Havana distinctly
the words "I cannot understand you"
clearly transmitted. Havana, how
ever, failed to clearly understand. The
experiment was regarded as highly
successful.
Many. Desire Peace.
Manila. Dec. 26. Advices from the
Island of Leyte show that while the
east coast is quiet, the west coast Is
in a state of turmoil. Lieutenant French
and three men of the Forty-fourth
volunteers were wounded near Hon
gas. An address from the new federal
party has been published, stating that
the number of Filipinos who really
desire peace is growing daily, and that
the object of the party is to unite all
Filipinos who really desire to work
for peace. "
Wheat Going- by Way of Sues.
Tacoma. Wash., Dec. 26. The Brit
ish ship Glenlochy, now in the harbor,
Is to establish a precedent in the ex
portation of Pacific coast wheat. 'She
i' Is to load with 221,000 bushels in sacks
: ... i, m . , -
ana win m mr Liverpool via the
Suez canal, being the first steam vessel
to go: from Tacoma to Europe over
that route with wheat.
Killed Dy a Boy.
Ottawa. Kan., Dec. 2ft. An unknown
man, a horse trader, Was shot and In-,
stantly killed here last . night by'
Johnny Servatius, a boy 17 years old.
The trader had camped near the Ser
vatius home and Servatius' father
gave him a revolver, telling him to pro
tect the proierty. The boy and the
trader quarreled and the boy fired.
The ball entered the heart. The trad
er's wife wan taken to jail, being
found drunk. Servatius gave him
self up. He claims the shooting was
in self-defense. r
Must Either Surrender or Prove
His Innocence. ,
MOEE CLEWS TO KIDNAPERS,
Han at PaciSc Junction Holding- Pony
Used 111 Outaha Job at Ulg Figaro De
mands Five Tliouaetnd .Dollars for the
Animal Suspect at M. Joo.
Omaha, Dec. 26. It Is said that Mr.
Cudahy has given Pat Crowe until
midnight of Tuesday to either prove
that he had nothing- to do with the
kidnaping or surrender and that Steve
kidnaping or surrender, and that Steve
Crowe, his brother, is here to deliver
the message to him.
The police will not deny that ?uchi
an ultimatum has been issued, but j
they refuse to give any details. If It
is true that an edict of this kind has
gone forth it seems to imply that the '
police do not know the exact where
abouts of Pat Crowe, but the inference
also is that, in their opinion, Pat
Crowe is in hiding somewhere In
Omaha or South Omaha and that he
doesn't dare emerge for fear of being
arrested.
It is well known that there are cer
tain houses in South Omaha that are
under constant police surveillance
night and day, but the police will not
admit that Pat Crowe is suspected to
be in any of them.
New evidence implicating Crowe in
the kidnaping case is said to have been
developed.
A curious complication has arisen
at Pacific Junction concerning the
proprietary rights in the matter of the
little bay pony which it is believed
was used by the Omaha kidnapers.
Joseph Goodrich, the Burlington en
gineer who now has the animal, re
fuses to permit it to be brought to
Omaha or to relinquish control of it.
unless he is paid $5,000. so Detective
Heitfeld, who was sent down there
to bring it back, was compelled to re
turn empty-handed.
St. Joseph. Mo.. Dec. 26. At police
headquarters here it was stated last
night that Pat Crowe, whose name has
been mentioned in connection with the
Cudahy kidnaping case, was believed
to be in St. Joseph. The police are
said to be searching for Crowe. I
FIRED ON FROM AMBUSH.!
Four OfH -ers aud Thirty Mexican Soldiers
Killed by Yaquis.
El Paso, Tex., Dec. 26. Mexican
troops in Soiiora, Mexico, were recent
ly attacked by a band of Yaqui In
dians and four officers and about 30
men were killed outright and Colonel
Francisco Peinado, one of the leading
officers of the army, was shot through
the stomach and seriously wounded.
C. V. Light of Guaymas, who was
there when the report -was made to
General Torres, gave the news out
here. He says the soldiers were cross
ing the country and were fired on from
ambush near Lamisa, about 50 miles
from General Torres headquarters.
The severe press censorship has kept
the news from the public. Colonel
Peinado, the wounded officer, is one
of the most iopular officers La the
army.
ALLEGE EXTORTIONATE FEE
Casualty Company Seeks Injunction
Againat Nebraska's Auditor.
Lincoln, !):. 26. Attorneys for the
Maryland Casualty company of Balti
more filed a petition in the district
court for an order to restrain State
Auditor Cornell from revoking vthe
company's license to do business In
Nebraska and publishing a report
which, it says. Is calculated to do It
Injury. The Casualty company alleges
that from an examination made of the
company's affairs by agents ef the
auditor's office a claim for $670 In fees
was made. Later the auditor reduced
this claim to $450. both of which sums
are declared to be unreasonable and
extortionate. The company further al
leges that the auditor threatens to re
voke its license and publish a report
showing It to be In unsound condi
tion unless the claims ef the examin
ers are satisfied. The hearing is set
for Jan. 2. one day before Auditor Cor
nell's retirement from office.
The Luckiest Man In Iowa.
Sioux City, Dec. 26. The "luckiest
man in Iowa" is B. M. Bills, a jeweler
at Vinton, who at a mammoth raffle in
Sioux City drew the John Pierce man
sion, the most magnificent residence in
Sioux City. It cost $57,000 and the
property on which it stands Is valued
at $3,000, making a total 'of $62,000.
The lucky numlM vva 36.365, and Mr.
Bills paid $J for the ticket
Irade Xot Tet Iian.-d.
Constantinople, Dec. 24. The im
perial irade, authorizing the signing
of the contract for the construction of
a cruiser for the Ottoman navy by
the Cramp Shipbuilding company, to
gether with the Initial deposit o'
100,000, has not yet been issued.
Tort me and Rob Ohio Farmer.
Lebanon. O.. Dec. 24. Four masked
men entered the, farm residence of
John Thompson near here last night,
bouud, gagged and tortured Thompson
and his wife till they surrendered $300
In money, their jewelry and silver
ware. The robbers then escapedwith
Thompson's xz.
SHU Fi 111
CI II 111 B.
General bewet's Forces Aug
' -merited by the Colonists.
KITCHENER AT THE FRONT.
Tlrltisli' Commander-in-Chief to Xead His
Forces Against Boer Invaders Battle In
Progress Kear De Aar British Occupy
- BriUtown Without Opposition.
Loudon, Dec. ' 26. The: position of
Cape Colony is hanging in the balance.
According to the Morning Post s Cape
Town correspondent everything" de
pends? upon the quantity of ammu
nition in possession ,of the disloyal
Dutch residents, ,100 of whom have
joined the Boers in the Philiptown
district .alone. Energetic measures
have been taken to: stAa the Invasion,
but there is ( unquestionably - danger
that parties of Boers will jet' through
into parts of the Colony and gradually
raise the whole Cape in rebellion. , Re
inforcements can arrive none too soon.
Most of the dispatches from Cape
Town describe the raiders as doing lit
tle harm and as being rapidly en
closed by Lord Kitchener's command.
Lord Kitchener is in the heart of the
dlsaffectfc! districts. He has the ad
vantage - of being personally ac
quainted with local conditions. Last
March ne supervised the suppression
of the rising which occurred then.
He is bringing down thousands of
troops from the north.
The Standard's Cape Town corre
spondent says the loyalists demand
that martial law shall be proclaimed
throughout Cape Colony, but adds,
"such a step is now impossible owing
to the lack of sufficient troops to en
force it."
The correspondent of the Daily Mail
at Cape Town says: "The pro-Boer
press Is singularly quiet. They have
been made uneasy' by the promptness
and thoroughness of the military ac
tion, but reports from various parts
of the western provinces foreshadow
perilous possibilities. A responsible
colonist who recently made a tour of
the colony declares that 00 per cent
Of the Dutch are simply waiting for
the appearance of a resourceful leader
to rebel." .
Civil railway traffic has been sus
pended largely in all parts of the col
ony and the movements of both the
Boers and the British are almost un
known In Cape Town.
It appears that one Boer column at
tacked Steynsburg, but was replused
and fled, entrenching itself in the
mountains. Another commando cap
tured a party of police at Venterstadt.
Fighting, is going on near De Arr.
Particulars are unobtainable. Two
hundred Boers have left Britstown
after, commandeering- all -' supplies
available.
London, Dec. 20. Lord Kitchener,
telegraphing to the war office, under
date of Naauwpoort, Dec. 24, reports:
"Thornycroft's mounted infantry
have occupied Britstown without oppo
sition. The Boers retired to the north
in the direction of Trieska. They will
be followed up."
SENATORIAL CONTEST. "
lleUtleJoha to Arrive In Lincoln today.
Will Begin to Make Things Lively.
Lincoln. Dec. 24. Assistant Secre
tary of War Meiklejohn will arrive in
Lincoln today to assume personal man
agement of his canvass for a seat in
the United States senate. His com
ing will start in earnest what promises
to be an Interesting contest. The Ne
braska legislature, which convenes on
the first of the new year, will have two
senators to elect, a successor tp John
M- Thurston and to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of M. L. Hay ward,
being filled at present by William V.
Allen, by appointment of the gov
ernor. Both houses of the ler.'slature
are Republican, but the majority is
small In either branch. There are a
dozen candidates for the vacant seats,
the more prominent, aside from Mr.
Meiklejohn, being E. Rosewater and
Congressman Mercer of Omaha, D. E.
Thompson of Lincoln, former Con
gressman Hainer of Aurora, L. D.
Richards of Fremont, E. II. Hinshaw
of Fairbury and former Governor Lo
renzo Crounse of Fort Calhoun, him
self a member of the state senate.
There Is a disposition to follow the
old rule of geographical lines, accord
ing one senator to North Platte, the
other to the South Platte country, the
long and 6hort term for the present
cutting little figure.
SHOT HIM IN SELF-DEFENSE.
Oklahoma Widow Justified la Killing
Artist Clyde Parker.
Wichita, Dec 24. The second cor
oner's jury in Grant county, O. T., has
returned a verdict of justification In
the case of the killing of Clyde Park
er by Mrs. Lulu Hendricks.
She lived In a "dugout" on an Okla
homa claim with seven children.
Clyde Tarker came to her house a few
nights ago with a white handkerchief
tied to a stick and acting strangely.
He would neither speak nor go away
when she ordered him off the premises.
"Shoot him, shoot him, mamma," the
frightened children cried. Taking
aim wth a revolver, she sent a bullet
through his neck at a distance of 75
feet. ..The dead man proved to be
Parker, a local 'artistic genius, who
painted jvlld ponies and prairie scenes.
Alger' Burglar Fnder Arrest.
Chicago. Dee. 24. man believed
to be' James Mahoney. who In 18116 es
caped r from state prison at Ionia.
Mich., is under arrest at Central po
lice station on suspicion of having par
ticipated In the burglary of ex-Secretary
of War" Alger's residence in De
troit on Dec. .5. On Dec. 11 the police
state Mahoney received here at the
office of the American Express com
pany a satchel containing silverware
worth $1,100. The police state that
all the silverware was melted and
sold to a "fence."
' Fr)nce Tuan Arrested. ;
London, Dec. 26. The Shanghai cor-1
respondent of the Standard, telegraph
ing Dec. 24, says:
"The government has arrested Prince
Tuan a and Prince Shan on the border
of Shan Si province. Tu Yien has
been ordered to return to Sian Fu
forthwith to be executed, it is sup
posed. ' "
"It is inferred from these reports
that the imperial authorities are pre
paring to concede the demands of the
joint note for the punishment of the
Instigators of the trouble in China."
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Another Hitch In the Proceed
ings at Peking.
JOINT NOTE IS HELD BACK. '
Agreement Has Mot Tet Been Slgaed Min.
: lstera Decline to State the Nature of the
t Objections RaisedGermans Defeat a
1'orcc of Boxers.
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, Teking, Dec. 22. Once more there
Is a pronounced hitch In the proceed
ings. The preliminary joint note has
not yet been signed. Mr. Conger, the
United States minister, says he does
not believe there are sufficient reasons
why it should not be signed in the
near future, and Sir Ernest Satow,
the British minister, takes the same
view. Dr. Mumm vou Schwartzen
steln, speaking for Germany, believes
that the existing agreement will be
signed sooner or later. The other min
isters also say that they consider the
probabHlties in favor of signing.
Chinese sources, of information, how
ever, say there is reliable authority
for the statement that there Is very
little chance of the note being signed
for some time.
As a matter of fact the members of
the staff of Li Hung Chang believe that
the note will eventually have to
be drawn up either in. Europe or in
America, probably by the latter, be
cause they claim that the Washington
government has had the most to do
with modification of the existing terms
of harshness. The United States are
looked on by the Chinese as the only
power really desiring to retain the In
tegrity of the Chinese empire. The
other powers are regarded as desirous
of breaking It up, with the possible
exception of Russia, who. the Chinese
think, merely favors a postponement
to eventually secure a larger share.
London, Dec. 22. The delay in sign
ing the preliminary joint note, says
the Peking corresiKndent of the Morn
ing Post, wiring yesterday, is due to
an objection from Washington. Mr.
Conger, however, has telegraphed his
government urging a speedy settle
ment on the ground that the German
military 'control Is worse than Chinese
management. Sir Robert Hart saw
Trince Ching yesterday and advised
him against dallying with the powers
In regard to the punishment of the
guilty officials. Prince Ching thought
the execution of two or three possible
nnd the life-long imprisonment of
Prince Tuan quite certain.
Germans Defeat Boxers.
Berlin, Dec. 22. A dispatch from
Field Marshal von Waldersee, dated
Teklng, Dec. 11), says: "Guendell's
column, marching from Shan Hal
Kuan, successfully encountered a
force of Boxers at Yung Ling, near the
eastern imperial tombs. Fifteen Box
ers were killed. One thousand Chinese
regulars under Fang Do Ling have
been driven out of Lu Tal. They fled
to the mountains, northwesterly, on
Guendell8 approach."
Emperor Starts for Peking.
Berlin, Dec. 22. A dispatch from
Tien Tsin to the Frankfurter Zeitung
says: "Prince Ching asserts that Em
peror ' Kwang Su, unaccompanied by
the empress dowager, left Sian Fu
Dec. 19, bound for Peking."
Conger Instructed to Sign.
Washington, Dec. 22. Secretary
Hay.'s action in instructing Mr. Conger
to sign the joint note was approved
by the cabinet at the meeting yester
day. DAMAGETOR STOLEN KISSES
Iowa Supreme Court Affirms Judgment of
S375 for Young Woman.
Des Moines, Dec. 24. The supreme
court Saturday alBrmed the judgment
In favor of Mae Brenner of Decatur
county, who sued It. W. Boeger for
damages, charging that Boeger seized
her and, without her consent, did re
peatedly hug and kiss her. For this
alleged breach of etiquette Miss Bren
ner recovered $373 damages at the end
of a long trial in the district court.
The defendant appealed to the su
preme court, alleging 22 errors in the
ruling of Judge Towner, the trial
judge. The supreme court in sus
taining the judgment, "said that noth
ing Irregular was found and that there
was no reason why the girl should not
recover the money.
Bones of Father 'Marquette.
Milwaukee. Dec. 26. Surprise . was
occasioned in this city by the report
of the discovery of the bones of Father
Marquette near Frankfort. Mich. It
has been generally supposed for the
past 20 years that the remains of
Father Marquette are in possession of
Marquette college, this city.
Death or Bishop Hale.
Springtield, Ills.. Dec. 2ft. Word was
received here by Bishop Seorge F.
Seymour that Hex. Reuben Hale,
bishop coadjutor of the Springfield dio
cese. Episcopal church, died yester
day of valvular disease of the heart.
Emu Claire Badly Scorched.
St. Joseph. Mich.. Dec. 26. A disas
trous fire in Ean Claire, 15 miles from
this city, yesterday, resulted in reduc
ing half the business section to
ashes. Total loss. $30,000; partly Insured.
mm mi .
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Kitchener Cables Such Con
clusion to War Office.
DEWET IS DOING IT ALL.
British Correspondent Sings Praises of the
Boer leader Declared to Be Outwitting
General Kitchener at Every Point Cost
of the War.
London, Dec. 24. Lord Kitchener's
dispatches breathing a confidence hard
ly Justified by-their contents are al
most the only available news from
the seat of hostilities in South Africa,
but telegrams from Cape Town depict
the situation in anything but roseate
hues. Without believing the assertion
of the Transvaal agency at Brussels
that 6,000 Boers have invaded Cape
Colony, it is quite evident that the in
vasion was a serious and well planned
affair. In connection with this a cor
respondent sends an extremely inter
esting letter, dated Bethulie, Dec. 1,
describing Dewet and his doings. "De
wet has never been taken seriously
enough," says the correspondent. "It
is of little use to pursue him, as he
fights a rear guard action and gains
20 miles while he is being fought.
"He Is a born military genius, whose
wonderful powers have kept up this
phenomenal resistance." ,
"Once he fails, the whole thing
could be crushed in a fortnight. He
has every single commando under his
supervision. All his patrols and col
umns march and countermarch on his
order. The forces under his command
!iave been reduced by his strength of
will to a properly organized army,
moving at his word. The sooner the
British rid themselves of the idea that
Dewet's forces are a mere rabble, wan
dering aimlessly, the sooner they will
grasp the need of the determined ef
fort which is - necessary to capture
him."
Already some 70,000 men have been
killed, . wounded or disabled on the
British side, and the war has swal
lowed virtually $500,000,000.
The Cape Colony cabinet had an im
portant sitting Sunday. It appears
that the Boers have destroyed a rail
road bridge 12 miles south of DeArr
and.no Cape mails have arrived at
Bloemfonteiu for three days.
Further anxiety has been caused in
Cape Town by the discovery that dur
ing the last month public bodies in
out of the way places have requi
sitioned supplies of dynamite. The
colonial government is now endeavor
ing to recover possession of these ex
plosives and is removing all stores of
arms and ammunition from suspected
depots.
Other advices from Cape Town re
port the Dutch elenientJnCape Colony
as greatly elated over the southward
progress of. the Boers and as boast
ing that the whole district of Victoria
West will join the raiders. It Is sus
pected In Cape Town that the force
traveling from Zout pan's drift Is not
a body of Boers, but one of colonials,
hastening to join the Invaders.
The Pletermaritzburg correspondent
of the Daily Mail, says: "The Boers are
active near Johannesburg and Pretoria,
exchanging slior- with the British out
posts and it is reporTi that parties
of Boers are hovering arounrIohan
nesburg." Advices From Kitchener.
The war office has received the fol
lowing dispatch from Lord Kitchener,
dated Pretoria, Dec. 22: "As far as
It is possible for me to form an opin
ion from the reports of officers on the
spot, I think the Boer movement into
Cape Colony has been checked. Of the
two forces that entered the colony,
the eastern is still north of the Sout
pansberg range, while the one that en
tered west appears to have been turned
In the direction of - Britntown and
Prieska. Our troops are getting
around both bodies and a special col
umn is also being organized which
will be dispatched Immediately when
I know where its services are most
wanted. The Boers have not received
much assistance in Cape Colony as far
as my information goes. Yesterday
evening about 5 o'clock Clements'
force was engaged south of Oliphant's
nek, but I do not yet know the re
sult." A later dispatch from Lord Kitch
ener, dated Pretoria, Dee. 22, says:
"The western column of Boers occu
pied Britstown and cut the railway
south of DeArr Junction. The enemy
is being followed up. General French
has been In contact for two days with
the commandoes of Beyers and De
larey, south of the Magaliesberg. He
Is pursuing them. The enemy have
lost considerably and . Commandant
Kreuz and others have been captnred.
General Colville engaged two separate
commandoes Dec. 21. near Tlakfon
tein, with slight losses.the enemy re
tiring." Charged With Destroying Mall Matter.
St. Joseph, Mo., Dec.- 24. Postoffice
Inspectors have been diligently but
secretly at work for two weeks prob
ing irregularities here and yesterday
suspended three of the oldest clerks
in the service on a charge of destroy
ing mail matter. Patrons of the of
fice have been complaining to the post
master general that they could not
regularly get ' publications that were
being sent them, and asked for an in
vestigation. The crime is punishable
by Imprisonment:
Aipns survivors Reach Vancouver.
Vancouver, Dec. 22. The steamer
Quadra has brought the survivors of
the wreck of the steamer Alpha and
the bodies of the captain and the man
aging owner to this city. The Alpha
has now gone to destruction. Chief
Officer Wilkinson says that although
the skipper saw the rocky coast of
Yellow island, the vessel would not
answer her helm. The survivors had
great trouble in landing and several
of them narrowly . escaped being
dashed to pieces on the rocks.
Consul Shaw Commits Suicide.
Philadelphia. Deo 26. W. Irvine
Shaw, who had been filling the posi
tion of United States consul at Bar
ranquilla. Colombia, and who was re
cently appointed consul general to
Singapore, committed suicide in a
hotel here yesterday. He opened a
femoral artery and slashed his throat
and wrists with a knife. Ill health
Is supposed to have affected his mind.
Thomas Webb Jay of Indianapolis
broke the world's record Tuesday by
ltowling 2J)0 out of a possible 300 per
fect scores.
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Purchasing Officer Comes Again
for Horses and Mules.
COSTS $360 PER ANIMAL.
England Has Bought 100,000 for Her
Army In South Africa Cannot Success
fully Cope With Boers Until Infantry is
Put In Saddle.
Kansas City, Dec. 24. Captain Hey
gate of the British army is purchasing
50,000 cavalry horses aud mules for
the British army In South Africa. He
came here more than a year ago to
buy horses aud mules for the British
army, but he was ordered home a
short time ago because it was thought
that the Boer war was over. But the
unexpected renewal of hostilities has
made the purchase of more horses
and mules absolutely necessary. As
fast as the animals aie inspected and
bought they will be sent to New Or
leans and shipped to Cape Tgwii.
Lieutenant Molerly said: "By the
time the horses and mules are landed
In South Africa they cost the British
government $360 a head.
"That is a large price for an animal
which will be Jit for service only six
weeks. Most of the animals die be
cause of the change of climate. So
great is the demand for horses at the
front that it is impossible to give
them the needed rest after landing be
fore putting them into service.
"Since the beginning of the Boer
war Kngland has purchased over 100,
000 head of horses and mules in the
United States. Government trans
ports will be kept very busy from now
on carrying the horses which England
will need in South Africa and which
have been ordered purchased in the
United States. Baden-Powell now has
25,000 mounted ioliee and it Is pro
posed to mount 50.000 of the Imperial
Infantry- England has discovered that
her soldiers must be mounted to be
able to coie with the Boer, who gets
over the1 country with alarming
rapidity." i
LOOT ILLINOIS BANK.
Institution at Daiton ' Blown Vp and
Robbed of 5,OO0.
Moweaqua. Ills., Dec. 24. About 2
a. m. the Daltou Cityt"jank was robbed
of $5,000 in currency. The robbers
gained entrance through a window,
forced the vault door and almost de
molished the safe with dynamite.
Persons living near said there were
three explosions, aud so great was
their force that the large plate glass
windows of the bank were smashed,
and burned fragments of money were
found a block distant. Five hundred
dollars that was taken in after bank
ing hours and placed in the vault, but
not in the safe,, was overlooked by the
thieves.
Miss Grace Howard Married.
Chamberlain, S. D., Dec. 24. Miss
Grace Howard, daughter of Joseph
Howard .the .ew York journalist, was
married in Chicago to Joseph Mesuard.
They will make their home 40 miles
west of Chamlierlain, on the White
river, where the bride has a cattle
ranch and a store. Twelve years ago
Miss Howard came west and estab
lished a school among the Crow
Creek Indians. She conducted this
with success until a few years ago,
when she sold the school to the govern
ment. Since then she has been en
gaged in the cattle business, and Mr.
Mesuard has been managing the ranch
for her.
tax Ferret law upheld.
Iowa Will Gain Much Revenue if Court's
Decision Is Affirmed.
Des Moines, Dec. 24. Judge Prouty,
in the Polk county district court, Sat
urday rendered a decision holding the
so-called "tax ferret" law valid, which,
if sustained by the supreme court, will
enable Iowa counties to collect several
hundred thousand dollars back taxes.
Under the law back' taxes for five
years with penalties may be assessed
against personal property concealed
from the assessors.
The retroactive feature of the law
was especially attacked, but Is sus
tained. Judge Quart on of Kossuth
county has held this feature of the
law to be unconstitutional.
In the case decided by Judge Prouty,
Polk county versus estate of John M.
Day. $4,700 of back taxes was in
volved. Experts known as tax fer
rets have disclosed thousands of dol
lars of hack taxes due on concealed
property in nearly every county of the
state since the enactment of the law.
Kndi Boxing Bouts In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia. Dec. 24, As a result
of the fatal termination of the amateur
boxing Hnt Saturday night at the
Milladelphla Athletic club between Jo
seph Kelly and Edward Sanford. who
fought under the name of Frank Barr,
all boxing contests have been prohib
ited for the present by the police au
thorities. Kills Two Nebraska Farmers.
Fort Worth. Dec 2.. Marshal Mor
rison of Mansfield, this county, shot
and killed Dick House and badly
wounded h's father. O. P. Ilonse.
fanners from Mansfield. Neb. - The
tragedy is said to have grown out of
a grudge of long standing. Marshal
Morrison was not injured. ,
mini ly mr.
Document Will Be Given the
Peace Envoys Today.
PROMPT ACTION IS UP.GED.
MlulHters at Peking Informed That 1-1
Hung Chang Will Ite Sufficiently Re
covered to Attend Meeting Spanish
Milliliter to Tranofer UncnmraL
London. Dec. 24. Dr. Morrison, wir
fng to the Times from Peking, says
that official Chinese declare that China
I will accept all the conditions of the
I joint note without "losing her face."
Peking. I . 2.'!. Li Hung Chang,
answering an inquiry from the foreign
envoys regarding his health, said he
believed he would be able to attend
the meeting tomorrow in order to ac
cept, with Prince Ching. the prelim
inary joint note. The note will Imj
presented by the Spanish minister.
Senor de Cologan. with a few words
expressive of a hope of as prompt a
reply as possible to a note whicli has
been carefully prepared with every
desire to continue the dynasty and not
to lie hard toward the nation and of a
further hope that the Chinese plenipo
tentiaries will urge upon Ereqieror
Kwang Su the ne-etsity of immediate
compliance. An answer is expected
about Thursday.
AGRARIANS ON GRAIN DUTY.
Question of Import to Americans Being
Debated In Germany.
Bremen, Dec. 24. It is reiorted on
good authority that the agrarian party
is willing to compromise on a six-mark
grain duty. The discussion on this
matter affects vitally the iuterests of
the American farmer, whose wheat In
the ports of this country Germany pro
poses to eiicuinlier with a duty of CO
cents a bushel. This measure will
cause a loss of 4 per cent to the
American wheat growers, and is really
equivalent to a prohibitive tariff. It is
held in American circles here that un
less the American farmers agitate for
retaliative measures, their present
prosperity will prove short-lived.
Gale is Abating.
Queenstown. Dec. 24. The gale has
moderated and in-coming vessels re
Iort fearful experiences. The Ger
man ship Hcinrich. Captain Sager, en
countered head winds, which prevent
ed sailing, when 250 miles west of the
coast of Ireland. The crew were ut
terly exhausted, being day and night
at the pumps. The Heinrich will
dock here for repairs. The British
ship Karoon rcorts having passed a
Leyland line steadier off the west
coast of Ireland during the gale and
that the latter was listed to an angle
of 45 degrees.
Dog Bite Causes Boy's Death.
Belleville. Ills.. Dee. 24. The bite of
a vicious dog. inflicted nine months
ago. caused the death in agony last
night of Valentine Lehr, 12-year-old
son of John I-ehr of Ilecker. The
wound apparently hud healed and the
boy felt no ill effects from the bite un
til last Monday, when he was seized
with paroxysms at school. Mrs. Frank
Green is insane from the effects of a
bite of a rabid dog suffered about a
week ago.
x Believe Crowe is Guilty.
Omaha, Dec. '24. According to the
statement made by an individual In a
position to know Pat Crowe is a much
wanted man in connection with the
Cudahy kidnaping case. This Individ
ual positively identifies Fat Crowe as
the light complexioned individual who.
In company witli a woman accosted
him in the vicinity of the robbers ren
dezvous relative to the ownership of
the Schneiderwind house.
Girls Go Out In Sympathy.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., lce. 24. Two
hundred and fifty girls employed at
the Wyoming Valley lace mills in this
city have notified the management
they will not report for work today.
They go out in sympathy for the
weavers of the mill who have leen on
strike nine months. The failure of
the girls to apjiear for work necessi
tates the total suspension of the plant.
Mail Pouch Missing.
Helena, Mon., Dec. 24. A registered
mail pouch, due to leave Helena for
Chicago and the east Saturday morn
ing, is missing, evidently having been
stolen letween the postoffice an the
Great Northern depot. The pouch
was an extremely valuable one, con
taining as it did the principal portion
of the Christmas remembrances sent
east from here.
Derailed by a Cow.
Texarkana. Tex., Dec. 24. Th.i Tex
as and Pacilie passenger train jf the
Laredo and Fort Worth was partially
wrecked ten miles west of here yes
terday. The engine struck a cow,
jumix'd the track and turned over.
Fireman Ed Catterson was killrjtl and
Engineer Cnthbert badly scaide. No
one else was seriously hurt.
Many ."npiD(t Disasters.
Port Townsend, Wash.. Dec. 20.
Each tugboat arriving from Cape Flat
tery brings fresh news of marine dis
asters along the coast, and when full
returns are in the damage by the re
cent succession of gales will be the
largest in the history of shipping
along the Pacific coast. The German'
ship Carl, wheat laden, was towed to
Fort Angeles today by the tug Boyden
in a waterlogged condition.
Canadinns Back From the War.
Halifax. Dee. 24. The steamer Lake
Champlain. having on board Colonel
Otter and :iT0 Canadian troops, return
ing from South Africa, arrived yes
terday from-Liverpool and disbanded.
The order to land at St. John, N. B..
had been cancelled. The time saved
by the change will enable the western
men to get home for Christmas. They
started on a special train for Mon
treal and Toronto.
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